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Czech-Slovak split offers Greece history lesson
Jennifer Rigby in Prague
Mon, 2nd Jul --
If you believe the headlines, if Greece exits the euro it will be cataclysmic, earth-shattering and quite possibly the end of the economic world as we know it. But this isn't the first time a country has left a currency union; in fact, according to research by London firm Variant Perception, there have been 69 currency exits in the last century.
A bullseye on the Balkans
Nicholas Watson in Prague
Mon, 2nd Jul --
Southeast Europe, by common consent, is the region most at danger from any Greek exit from the euro. To such an extent that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's chief economist in May called for erecting a "ring of defence" around Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia to help them cope.
Eurasia's Eurozone resilience
Clare Nuttall in Almaty
Mon, 2nd Jul --
Thousands of kilometres from the EU's eastern borders, the oil- and mineral-rich countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia have so far seen little impact from the growing fears of a Greek exit or a wider collapse of the Eurozone. The region's largest economy, Kazakhstan, has continued to grow and, thanks to increasing oil exports, its foreign currency reserves stand at a record level.
A three-pronged threat to Central Europe
Tim Gosling in Prague
Mon, 2nd Jul --
Central European countries have few direct links with Greece, and apart from Slovakia and Estonia, have mostly yet to join the euro. Yet there are several Eurozone contagion routes that stand to threaten the economies in the region should Greece be forced out of the single currency, with banks, capital markets and trade presenting the major risks.
Bear up well
Ben Aris in Moscow
Mon, 2nd Jul --
Russia is probably the best placed of the countries in Emerging Europe to deal with a break-up of the euro, say analysts.
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